John Wood (1739 - 1806)

Born 28 Oct 1739 in New York City, New York

Husband of Rebecca (Cain) Wood — married 26 Mar 1789 in Claverack, Columbia County, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Apr 1806 at age 66 in Caintown, Leeds, Upper Canada

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Biography

John Wood is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A128011.

Captain John Wood served with 3rd Regiment, Orange County Militia, New York Militia during the American Revolution.

During the Battle of Minisink, Orange County, New York on July 22, 1779[1]^[1]

American Colonel John Hathorn was unable to regroup his men for a counterattack. Many of his men retreated, leaving the rest of the militia surrounded and outnumbered. After several hours of exchanging shots, ammunition began to run low, and the battle devolved into hand-to-hand combat. At least 46 militiamen were killed, including American Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Tusten. Joseph Brant's men gave no quarter to the wounded and captured, however, one of the wounded, Captain John Wood, was spared because Joseph Brant, a Mohawk war leader with the British, mistakenly believed, Captain John Wood to be a fellow Mason.

John was born in 1739.^[2] From the attached Pedigree File, the 2 places of death are in close proximity to each other. Junetown, the place of burial is only a couple of miles to the north.[1] THE FOLLOWING COPIED FROM SIDE BAR OF THE TREE "Going away back to the time of the religious strife between Catholics and Protestants in Germany, in the year 1530, a family from thence named William, James and Elizabeth Wood came to New York. William married an English lady, by whom he had a son John, who became a baker by trade. This John, the baker, also married, and among his sons was one John, who became proprietor. The hotelman reared a family, one of whom was John Wood, who was a U.S. pioneer and later became Capt. John Wood in the Continental army in New York. He married there and had a son and daughter, William and Betsey. She afterwards was Mrs. Ebenezer Moore. In the year 1779, the Captain was captured by the British at Quebec, put in a dungeon four years and ten days. During the captivity his wife and children came over to Canada, and in 1791(4), he went in search of them, and finding them settled in Caintown in the township of Yonge, County of Leeds, Province of Upper Canada, he never returned to live in the States but became subject to Great Britain, and being of a somewhat jovial turn of mind, often said he would flog a son of his who would refuse to become a British subject. His children are William, Betsey, Isaiah, David, Mary, Hafey and George.

Mary married John H. Armstrong whose son George W. began about 18 years ago to search for evidence in the case of his grandfather, Captain John Wood, regarding Governmental bounty for his services in the U.S. revolutionary war, and for which he had never received remuneration. He had been very successful in obtaining important evidence, and is hopeful of securing a sum from the funds of Uncle Sam. The military commissioners at Washington, D.C. have acknowledged this much." 1901 -- (The body of Capt. John Wood was disinterred by his grandson George Wood Armstrong, and reburied in the Lewis Corners Cemetery, Granby Twp., Oswego Co., N.Y.) Wood's Company of Exempt Militia http://www.fold3.com/document/21126109/ http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/WOOD/2000-04/0956380020 It seems everyone is looking for a WOOD in the Southern States. My Capt. John Wood was born in NY about 1739. Was in the Continental Army, taken prisioner up on 22 July 1779 and held in Quebec for four years. He was discharged 20 June 1783 and arrived back home in New York 31 July 1783. John married Rebecca Cain 26 March 1789 and they raised their family in Caintown, Leeds Co., Ontario CAN. John died in 18 April 1806 and was buried in Junetown, Ontario, CAN. His parents were listed as John Wood and Cynthia Winter/s of New York. Quoted text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=21486695&pid=368 Both scenarios need further investigation to fully collaborate

Birth

Birth:

User ID: 557C00B7629C271FE6C626DD2FDFAFF8

Record ID Number: MH:IF501765

Date: 28 OCT 1739

Place: New York City, N.Y.

Parents are listed as Jacob Wood and Johannah Wood at https://www.geni.com/people/Captain-John-Wood/6000000028582710938

Death

Death:

User ID: 557C00B76857F71FF6C626DD2FDFAFF8

Record ID Number: MH:IF501766

Date: 28 APR 1806

Place: Yonge, Leeds Co., Ontario, Canada

Record ID Number

Record ID Number: MH:I501342

User ID

User ID: 557C00B5F5C6071E16C626DD2FDFAFF8

UPD

UPD 13 JUN 2015 20:06:47 GMT+10

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Minisink
2. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Richard Clark, Thursday, October 9, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.

[1]*https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3ZYN-1BW

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wood-12505
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20172839/john-wood

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The following contains a list of citations on pg 4-10

• https://familysearch.org/tree-data/pdf/family-group/LZVK-31H/spouse/DEFAULT?locale=en

• Source: S41 Record ID Number: MH:S500040 User ID: 557C00B22CE9871C76C626DD2FDFAFF8 Author: Margaret C. Guild Lambert Title: Lambert Web Site Text:

  MyHeritage.com family tree

  Family site: Lambert Web Site

  Family tree: 328743-3 Media: 328743-3 Type: Discovery Record ID Number: MH:SC501515 Data: Date: 13 JUN 2015 Text: Added via an Instant Discovery™ Quality or Certainty of Data: 3

Notes

Note: #N223

Note N223Extract from "Brockville Recorder & Times" -- 15 August 1905

"Going away back to the time of the religious strife between Catholics and Protestants in Germany, in the year 1530, a family from thence named William, James and Elizabeth Wood came to New York. William married an English lady, by whom he had a son John, who became a baker by trade. This John, the baker, also married, and among his sons was one John, who became proprietor. The hotelman reared a family, one of whom was John Wood, who was a U.S. pioneer and later became Capt. John Wood in the Continental army in New York. He married there and had a son and daughter, William and Betsey. She afterwards was Mrs. Ebenezer Moore. In the year 1779, the Captain was captured by the British at Quebec, put in a dungeon four years and ten days. During the captivity his wife and children came over to Canada, and in 1791(4), he went in search of them, and finding them settled in Caintown in the township of Yonge, County of Leeds, Province of Upper Canada, he never returned to live in the States but became subject to Great Britain, and being of a somewhat jovial turn of mind, often said he would flog a son of his who would refuse to become a British subject. His children are William, Betsey, Isaiah, David, Mary, Hafey and George.

Mary married John H. Armstrong whose son George W. began about 18 years ago to search for evidence in the case of his grandfather, Captain John Wood, regarding Governmental bounty for his services in the U.S. revolutionary war, and for which he had never received remuneration. He had been very successful in obtaining important evidence, and is hopeful of securing a sum from the funds of Uncle Sam.The military commissioners at Washington, D.C. have acknowledged this much."

taken from website...Caintown...it's beginning....:

Capt. John Wood

commanded a company of Orange Co., N.Y. Militia in the American Revolutionary War under the command of Col. William Allison. Governmental bounty for his service in the U.S. was:

Sterling Township No. 28

Cayuga County - New York State

Lot 7 to John Wood - Capt. of Militia - 500 acres

Lot 15 to Heirs of John Wood - 450 acres

Lot 77 to Capt. John Wood - 500 acres

Source: Tree Talks Vol. 11, No. 2

June 1981 Military Tract, Page 92

Copy of affidavit found in Armstrong records - dated ca 1850/53 -- the spelling of which has been corrected -- the David & John Cain mentioned would be nephews of John Wood:

"Mallorytown, County of Leeds

in the Province of Ontario, Canada

David Cain and John Cain personally before me and being duly sworn solemnly swear they knew Capt. John Wood being our brother-in-law came to Canada November seventeen hundred and ninety-four lived joining farm and was not out of the County of Leeds during the remainder of his life he Capt. John Wood died April twenty-eight eighteen hundred and six . . . Ira Mallory, Justice of the Peace"

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Capt. John Wood

1801, Oct. 19 - Petition of John Wood of Yonge Twp., Leeds Co., Johnstown District dated at York -- desirous of improving the reserve lot No. 12 - 3rd concession of Yonge on the terms of leasing offered by Government, and prays a lease may be made in his name. (Source - Archives of Ont. U.C. Land Petitions - RG 1 L3 - Yonge 1801, Leases & Licenses of Occupation/142 - Vol. 556)

1802 Census - 1 man (John Wood) & 1 woman with 2 male & 4 female children

1806, Apr. 28 -- Death of Capt. John Wood (age 67) of black measles -- buried at Junetown, Yonge Twp.

1901 -- (The body of Capt. John Wood was disinterred by his grandson George Wood Armstrong, and reburied in the Lewis Corners Cemetery, Granby Twp., Oswego Co., N.Y.)

Rebecca Cain Wood remarried to Elijah Lines

1820, May 17 -- Petition of Rebecca Lines, wife of Elijah Lines of Queenston, District of Niagara dated at Elizabethtown -- is the daughter of Isaiah Cain late of Yonge in the Johnstown Dist. Yeoman, a U.E. Loyalist. She has never received any Land from the Crown. Wherefore your Petitioner Humbly prays, that your Excellency will be pleased to grant her Two Hundred Acres of the Waste Lands of the Crown. (Source - U.C. Land Petitions RG l L3 - L 13/23 Yonge 1820)

1821, Nov. 14 -- O.C. (Order-In-Council) of Rebecca Lines, DUE, residence Yonge Twp., -- Free Grant recommended 16 Nov. 1821

1825, July -- Death of Rebecca Lines

May be the John Wood Two George Wood's appear on 1805 "Assessment of the Township of Yonge to pay the Representative of the County of Leeds.." A John Wood appears on 1810 census for Yonge, Leeds....can't be this one....who is it? Appears again on 1811 census!!

Record ID Number: MH:N501005

PRIN MH:I501342